Painting Her Way Through Grief
byOn July 2, 2011, Sylva-based watercolorist Pamela Haddock experienced every parent’s worst nightmare. Earlier that day, her 29-year-old son, Joshua, loaded his car with…
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Layering On The Dream
byLainard Bush can pinpoint the moment he became an artist. It was December 15, 1987 — his birthday. To celebrate, he booked an outdoor…
Taking a Page From the Past
byIn 1998, when Melanie Hopkins married her beau Daniel, a loved one gifted the newlyweds a bag of potpourri. Hopkins could’ve been like most…
Craft Chronicles
bySure, rhododendron leaves may look verdant and waxy. But when boiled in an iron kettle, the leaves dye wool a steely shade of gray….
Built To Scale
byAccording to the dark depths of a fantasy fandom wiki, dragons are “physically enormous,” with a wingspan averaging 115 to 138 feet and a…
Where Oil and Water Really Do Mix
byAbstractionists and realists relate like oil and water. Many realist painters scoff at abstract art as lacking technical mastery — and many abstractionists dismiss…
Setting Fire to the Waiting Game
byPatience is a virtue. It’s also a smart business tactic. Asher Holman knows this first hand. Five years ago, the California transplant, who moved…
Finessing the Sincerest Form of Flattery
byAbout 15 years ago, Philip DeAngelo woke up and realized he had everything and nothing at all. On the one hand, he was an…
The Whole Point is a Point of View
byBill Green was living out West when he discovered the ramshackle remnants of Midcentury communities scattered around a rapidly gentrifying Joshua Tree, California. He…
Her Fluid Ideas are Set in Stone
by“I get an idea and start chiseling, as the stone suggests to me what it wants to be,” says Weaverville sculptor Jane Jaskevich. Her…